Tree Nut Allergy Diet

General guidelines for tree nut allergy

The key to an allergy-free diet is to avoid all foods or products containing the food to which you are allergic. A tree nut allergy is an abnormal response of the body to the proteins found in tree nuts. In order to avoid foods that contain tree nuts, it is important to read food labels.

How to read a label for a tree nut-free diet

Be sure to avoid foods that contain any of the following ingredients:

Almonds

Beechnuts

Brazil nuts

Butternuts

Caponata (seafood salad with pine nuts)

Cashews

Chestnuts

Coconut

Filberts

Gianduja (a creamy mixture of chocolate and chopped toasted nuts found in premium or imported chocolate)

Gingko nuts

Hazelnuts

Hickory nuts

Lychee nuts

Macadamia nuts

Marzipan/almond paste

Nougat

Nu-Nuts artificial nuts

Nut butters (for example, cashew butter or almond butter)

Nutella (a hazelnut spread)

Nut oil

Nut paste (for example, almond paste)

Pecans

Pesto with pine nuts

Pine nuts (pignolia)

Pistachios

Praline

Walnuts

Also keep in mind:

Nu-Nuts artificial nuts are peanuts that have been deflavored and reflavored with a nut-like pecan or walnut.